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Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and members of the Shura Council(the Upper House of the Egyptian Parliament) have jointly appointed a high level legal team following the coup...
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Amnesty International has called for an impartial and effective investigation into the killings that took place in Egypt over the previous days. It also described the response of the...
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Social media activists have urged the Egyptian people to save around 250 women and girls who they claim are being detained in a central security facility in Al-Salaam town....
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The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information denounced Egypt's interim government for punishing media channels with recent judicial decisions to shut down a number of satellite channels operating in...
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The Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday that it has serious concerns about the mistreatment of its officials and members being held by the coup authorities in Egypt. A statement...
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Egyptian human rights NGOs have condemned on Monday the trial of civilians at military tribunals. They have listed around 60 such cases since the army ousted Egyptian President Mohammed...
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Former Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has publically admitted, for the first time, that the United Arab Emirates provided Egyptian security agencies and the Ministry of Interior with weapons...
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Human rights activists and International Criminal Court judges have asked the US to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir when he arrives in New York to attend the UN General...
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Dr Safwat Khalil, an opponent of Egypt's military coup that ousted Egypt's first elected President Mohammad Morsi, died on Thursday evening due to medical neglect during his continued imprisonment...
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has received a warm welcome on his return from the UN General Assembly in New York. Crowds at Carthage International Airport carried him shoulder-high for...
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Amnesty International has accused Egypt of detaining and deporting hundreds of refugees who fled from the conflict in Syria. The human rights organisation condemned the detention of children and...
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An Egyptian delegation is visiting several European countries as part of a campaign to focus the world's attention on Egypt's recent military crimes. According to Al-Jazeera, the delegation plans...
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The family of a French citizen who was beaten to death in a Cairo police station in September have said that they will file a lawsuit against the police...
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Muslim Brotherhood leaders were intentionally humiliated prior to their appearance in court on November 4 with ousted president Mohammed Morsi. Based on letters written by Muslim Brotherhood leaders, which...
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Hafez Abu Saada, a member of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights, a governmental body, has revealed that the General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, refused to...
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Amnesty International North Africa campaigner, Nicholas Piachaud has confirmed that Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi's human rights have been violated. Piachaud accused the Egyptian authorities of undermining Morsi, who is...
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On Friday the UN High Commission for Human Rights called on the Egyptian coup authorities to put an end to violations against activists and human rights defenders, who are...
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Statistics released in Egypt have revealed the details of the casualties sustained since the military coup at the beginning of July 2013. Figures from the Egyptian Centre for Economic...
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On Friday the Freedom and Justice party warned of the "hideous," aggressive treatment of prisoners inside the coup government jails, a statement has said. "The fascist, bloody coup has...
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Egypt's security forces have released Jihad Al-Khayat, a first year student in the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Jihad arrived at her home in a...
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A Swedish citizen imprisoned at a Cairo prison called on the Swedish prime minister and Cairo's ambassador to intervene to free him from his unjust imprisonment. In a leaked...
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The family of Amena Yaser, a 17 year old high school student, said Sunday that Amena and four other students detained with her since the December 17 protests in...
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At least seven peaceful activists from the Strong Egypt party face criminal charges, apparently for hanging posters calling for a "no" vote in the forthcoming constitutional referendum. During interrogations...
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The Strong Egypt Party announced on Monday that it would boycott the referendum of the proposed new Constitution. The party is not a supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed...
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VIDEO The Obama administration's recent decision to suspend selected US military aid to Egypt after the Egyptian army's brutal crackdown against peaceful anti-coup protesters has raised the ire of...
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During a discussion of the Syrian crisis, which started more than two and half years ago, US Republican and Democratic Senators demanded on Tuesday that the US allow more...
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China has condemned the violent incidents in Egypt on October 6th and the security forces crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, as well as the Egyptian government's failure to conduct a...
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, denounced the increasing violence in Egypt, renewing her call for an independent, fast and credible investigation into the extensive killing...
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Amnesty International has called for an end to police brutality in Egypt, saying that the use of excessive force against protesters by security forces is not justified. The human...
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Sources in Egypt claim that ousted President Mohamed Morsi told EU Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton that he holds European and American support for the coup which removed him...
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EU foreign ministers decided on Wednesday to suspend exporting arms that could be used in repressing Egyptians, however aid programmes will remain untouched. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced...
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The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR) sent a letter to INTERPOL asking it to suspend its cooperation with Egyptian authorities following arrest warrants which had...